Issue | #79 |
Published | [May] 2009 |
Cover Price | 9.95 usd |
Pages | 68 |
Notes | on sale date from comiclistdatabase.com |
Characters | Mr. Scarlet; Pinky |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Mike Machlan |
Inks | Mike Machlan |
Colors | Steph Heike |
Notes | homage to Jack Kirby's cover to Adventure Comics (DC series) #96 |
Characters | Mr. Scarlet; Pinky; Carl Burke; Ellen |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Phil Bard |
Inks | Phil Bard |
Reprinted | from Wow Comics (Fawcett, 1940 series) #19 (November 1943) |
Characters | Captain Flash [Keith Spencer] (Intro, origin); Ricky (Ricky Davis) |
Synopsis | After entertaining crippled children at a circus, he then is asked to tell them how he became Captain Flash. As a professor at an atom lab, one day he accidently unsheathed cobalt rays, which gave him incredible powers, and a young boy named Ricky overheard his good fortune, so Keith Spencer decided to take the boy on as a partner. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Mike Sekowsky |
Reprinted | from Captain Flash (Sterling, 1954 series) #1 (November 1954) |
Characters | Mysta of the Moon; Mysta's robot (intro); Mars, God of War (cameo); Superbrain (intro; death); Bela (intro) |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Joe Doolin |
Inks | Joe Doolin |
Reprinted | from Planet Comics (Fiction House, 1940 series) #36 (May 1945) |
Characters | Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Caleb Vickrey (first appearance; villain; death) |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | John Spranger ? |
Inks | John Spranger ? |
Notes | Title from original appearance. Original appearance index lists Al Bryant as artist |
Reprinted | from Doll Man (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #24 (September 1949) |
Characters | Tommy Tomorrow |
Genre | science fiction |
Pencils | Jim Mooney |
Inks | Jim Mooney |
Characters | The Flame; The Kikoos [villains, some die]; Monk [villain]. |
Synopsis | The Flame has to deal with the wanton killing and robberies staged by a group of weird, spectral creatures called the Kikoo, which came from an island where the government leaders hid them out because of their inferior minds. Unfortunately, led by an evil influence, they are capable of extreme violence, as the Flame discovers. |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Lou Fine |
Inks | Lou Fine |
Reprinted | From Wonderworld Comics (Fox, 1939 series) #7 (November 1939) |
Characters | Lady Luck; Peecolo; Mr. Banks; Lizard |
Synopsis | Brenda, thinking that Lizard is dead, reveals to her parents that she's still alive. But Lizard captures her and tries to force her to marry him. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Klaus Nordling |
Pencils | Klaus Nordling |
Inks | Klaus Nordling |
Reprinted | from The Spirit Section (Register and Tribune Syndicate) |
Characters | Major Midnight [Captain Jim Albright]; Icky Mudd; Professor Edan |
Synopsis | Captain Midnight and his companions are threatened by living rocks with a silica base on the Moon |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Leonard Frank |
Inks | Leonard Frank |
Notes | relettered Captain Midnight story. |
Reprinted | from Captain Midnight (Fawcett, 1942 series) #50 (April 1947) |